Tool

Vaccine Wastage Rates Calculator

A planning tool for improving the accuracy of forecasting vaccine wastage rates based on service delivery settings.

• Estimates, with greater precision, vaccine supply requirements and to improve the planning and management of immunization programmes.

• Automatically calculates the estimated wastage rates for all WHO prequalified vaccines (including Rotavirus, PCV, HPV and TCV), increasing the accuracy and quality of wastage data at country level.

• Computes the total wastage rate, which includes the unavoidable open vial wastage rate, the closed vial wastage rate per storage facility and the avoidable opened vial wastage rate.

Languages

  • English

Type

Tool

Categories

  • Supply chain & logistics

Topic references

SUPPLY-TOOLS